The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Athelstaneford – a dovecot, an elusive battle, and the legend of Scotland’s flag

    August 14, 2014 /

    What is an English-sounding name like Athelstaneford doing in eastern Scotland? And what does it have to do with our national flag?

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    The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

    November 13, 2021

    Iona: Dun I and the Well of Eternal Youth

    May 1, 2023

    The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen

    March 13, 2016
  • Looking at brochs

    July 18, 2014 /

    These impressive buildings were designed to last - but what were they used for?

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    Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last

    July 17, 2015

    Diarmuid and Grainne: a boar hunt and a tragic love story in Glen Lonan

    November 22, 2019

    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 2018
  • The Battle of Dunnichen

    May 20, 2013 /

    Dunnichen, Dun Nechtain, Nechtansmere - take your pick (or should that be Pict?) We don't know where this battle took place, but we know one thing: the Picts were delighted with the outcome!

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    The Dupplin Cross

    September 16, 2014

    Keills Chapel: shadows of time

    April 5, 2015

    Inveraray Cross

    August 30, 2013
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    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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